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Over the past several years, we have witnessed increasing adoption of text messaging as an essential communication channel for hospitals and health systems as well as many other types of healthcare providers. For those organizations with texting technology, they are…

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events since June 3.

Nurses at West Hills (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center protested June 18 what they say is understaffing and inadequate personal protective equipment at the facility, according to The Press-Enterprise.

Nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif., held counter demonstrations this week over safety protections for workers, The Mercury News reports.  

A union representing about 480 workers at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Calif., is accusing the hospital of declining to test employees potentially exposed to COVID-19 and ignoring several state health and safety standards, according to TV…

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is requiring everyone to wear masks at all its facilities, after a nurse initiated an online petition calling for the change at facilities in Sacramento, Calif., according to The Sacramento Bee.

A nurse at Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is considering unionization in light of recent administrative decisions he said most nurses believe were made without taking their rights into account, according to TV station WRCB.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has suspended its matching of employee 401(k) contributions, citing a significant decrease in patient volume and revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employees at Brattleboro (Vt.) Retreat psychiatric hospital plan to protest the firing of union president and nurse Sy Creamer, according to The Keene Sentinel.

Healthcare employees across the U.S. are protesting systemic racism and racial injustice.